Dear Sergio

We acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act request.

If we have any questions or need to seek clarification on any points we will be in touch soon. Otherwise, we will seek to respond to your request as soon as practicable and no later than 20 working days after the date your request was received (by 19 January 2021). If we are unable to respond to your requests by then, we will notify you of an extension of this timeframe.

Kind regards
Mayhaka

Mayhaka Mendis • Manager, Policy and Compliance, Office of the Registrar • Deputy Privacy Officer • Te Whare Wânanga o Ôtâkou, University of Otago • P.O Box 56, Dunedin • Tel +64 3 479 8993

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From: Sergio Georgini <[FOI #14221 email]>
Sent: Monday, 30 November 2020 2:52 pm
To: University of Otago Registrar <[University of Otago request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Total revenue generated by Health Science First Year program

Dear University of Otago,

Could you please tell me the following pieces of information:

1) How much revenue is generated annually (both from fees directly paid as well as government funding) by the Health Sciences First Year program.

2) Whether there as been internal discussion on the ethics of continuing to run a competitive year long "gauntlet-style" program which places significant mental health strain on participants, given that recent communication from the University indicates that academic results much above a 70% GPA are unlikely to be correlated with outcomes of HSFY pathway professions such as the MBChB program.

3) Based on the average salary of staff at Otago, how many university jobs does this HSFY revenue stream support?

Yours faithfully,

Sergio Georgini

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Dear Sergio

Please see attached our response to your request under the Official Information Act dated 30 November 2020.

Kind regards
Mayhaka

Mayhaka Mendis • Manager, Policy and Compliance, Office of the Registrar • Deputy Privacy Officer • Te Whare Wânanga o Ôtâkou, University of Otago • P.O Box 56, Dunedin • Tel +64 3 479 8993

-----Original Message-----
From: Sergio Georgini <[FOI #14221 email]>
Sent: Monday, 30 November 2020 2:52 pm
To: University of Otago Registrar <[University of Otago request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Total revenue generated by Health Science First Year program

Dear University of Otago,

Could you please tell me the following pieces of information:

1) How much revenue is generated annually (both from fees directly paid as well as government funding) by the Health Sciences First Year program.

2) Whether there as been internal discussion on the ethics of continuing to run a competitive year long "gauntlet-style" program which places significant mental health strain on participants, given that recent communication from the University indicates that academic results much above a 70% GPA are unlikely to be correlated with outcomes of HSFY pathway professions such as the MBChB program.

3) Based on the average salary of staff at Otago, how many university jobs does this HSFY revenue stream support?

Yours faithfully,

Sergio Georgini

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #14221 email]

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